Simon Bahr

composer

The Wonky Varispeed Adventure

flute duo & playback

duet 2.26
flute Hèctor Rodríguez Palacios
flute Clara Giner Franco

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The Wonky Varispeed Adventure takes us on a joyride through the analog days of speed manipulation. Both flutes and the two channels of the playback each exist in their own time zones, being constantly sped up or slowed down in search of a common denominator. Will their desperate longing for a tiny haven of stability be fulfilled?

Performances

  • Les 6 toits Genève, Switzerland
    performed by duet 2.26

  • kHaus Basel, Switzerland
    performed by duet 2.26

  • Kunstraum Walcheturm Zürich, Switzerland
    performed by duet 2.26

Library Music No. 2: Shanty Chunks for Choppy Seas

ensemble

ensemble

flute Maria Zwerschke
violin Aline S. Müller
trombone Philipp Hayduk
piano Adele Thoma
keyboard Lis Marti
double bass Carlota Ramos
percussion Enyalios Papadopoulos
conductor Carlos Lopes

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Library Music No. 2: Shanty Chunks for Choppy Seas dives into sonic worlds of the Northern German coast and the harbour of Hamburg – or at least into what these are supposed to sound like according to some correspondingly themed library music records.

The Library Music series comprises reimaginations of pieces from old library music records. These consist of music for use in movies or on the radio. The habitat of such music has long shifted to the Internet, leaving the old vinyl records in an unclear intermediate state: Not really dead, as they still physically exist and some vinyl collectors are interested in them, but not really alive either, as they are no longer used for their actual purpose. The series is an attempt to upcycle different kinds of old library music, with the aim of turning it into something new – not limited to the past, but in touch with it.

Performances

  • HfMT Köln, Germany
    master's recital
    performed by P. Hayduk, C. Lopes, L. Marti, A. S. Müller, E. Papadopoulos, C. Ramos, A. Thoma, M. Zwerschke